Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

"Flame Mountain Forbidden Zone?" Li Ji'an paused.

Chen Zhaohu grinned, "Oh, I forgot, you probably don't call it that. In our Heavenly Azure Domain cultivation world, there are three Heaven-Forsaken Forbidden Zones. The first is the Flame Mountain Forbidden Zone in the east. According to records, an area of five thousand miles is tightly sealed off by fiery mountains. The raging flames scorch the heavens and boil the seas. It is said that even a Golden Core expert was accidentally burned to ashes, their body died and soul vanished, and there is not a trace of天地spiritual energy within."

"Not bad, there are two more of these forbidden zones?" Li Ji'an nodded and casually asked.

"The other is the Sandstorm Forbidden Zone in the southwest. It is even more hopeless for those within. Yellow sand stretches for thirty thousand miles, and there are sandstorms that can tear apart gods and demons. As far as I know, no one has ever come out of it."

"The last one is the Lost Forest Forbidden Zone in the northwest. Strange trees stand tall, and mist permeates the air. It is speculated that even a True Lord's primordial spirit may fall into illusions and be turned into nourishment by the strange trees."

Li Ji'an frowned slightly, "If they are such forbidden zones… how can anyone come out?"

"Haha, the Great Dao is fifty, and the Heavenly Evolution is forty-nine, leaving one to escape. There is always a glimmer of hope in everything. The three forbidden zones are the same. How do you think you can cross the Flame Mountain that can incinerate Golden Core True Men? That is what I said about having deep fortune. You are people with great fortune," Chen Zhaohu looked at Li Ji'an expectantly again.

"Brother! Can you not believe in those ethereal things? What deep fortune? I think it's just dumb luck. Don't you occasionally step on dog poop? We saw this Purple-Gold Sable first, and logically we should get half of it, but you're so generous that you give it away, and they don't even appreciate it…" Chen Zhaohu's younger brother was very dissatisfied with this idea.

Li Ji'an pondered slightly.

He didn't quite agree with Chen Zhaohu's talk about fortune.

How could the Immortal Ascension Envoys who go to the Immortal Bestowed Dynasty safely travel back and forth every ten years be explained by deep fortune?

They must have accidentally discovered some pattern or a weak point in the sandstorm.

After a moment of silence, Li Ji'an still said goodbye and cautiously detoured with the five of them.

"Big Brother Li, that person's blood energy is so strong, he should also be practicing the method of blood energy, right?" Zhao Shuyao's face showed doubt until she could no longer see the other party.

"That's right, in terms of martial arts cultivation, he is better than me," Li Ji'an nodded.

"Since there are also people in this world who cultivate blood energy and body tempering, then… why did that beast family go to the Immortal Bestowed Dynasty to pick us up from so far away?" Zhao Shuyao asked the question in her heart.

Li Ji'an was silent for a moment, "Perhaps they are bullying us for our lack of knowledge."

Zhao Shuyao's question suddenly made Li Ji'an feel a lot more relaxed.

The other party abandoned the near and sought the far, and did not capture blood slaves here… which illustrates a problem, that is, this kind of behavior will have consequences here, and this consequence is even more serious than going to the Immortal Bestowed Dynasty from afar, even risking the sandstorm.

He judged that this cultivation world should not be very chaotic, and there should be some kind of benign operating rules in place.

"Big Brother Li, are we going to that gathering place?"

"Go!"

Li Ji'an's judgment had two points. First, Chen Zhaohu and his party's strength was comparable to his, but they claimed to be very famous in the gathering place, which could indirectly explain the strength level of the gathering place.

Second, it was still because he judged that there were rules in place here.

That night, the five of them arrived near the human gathering area twenty miles to the north.

Taking advantage of the cover of the night, Li Ji'an stood on a small hill, observing the situation of the gathering place.

"This is a gathering place?"

"Even the imperial city probably doesn't have such a large scale, right?"

"Look, someone is carrying a wild boar in there."

…

The human gathering area that Chen Zhaohu mentioned, they thought it was just a few tents, a few thatched huts, at most as big as a mountain village.

As a result… looking at the area not far away that was even larger than the imperial city of the Immortal Bestowed Dynasty, even Li Ji'an was a little surprised.

Moreover, the buildings inside were not bad, mostly earthen houses, flat and solid, and even many stone houses, which were very magnificent.

What surprised everyone the most was that many houses were almost made from the same mold.

As night fell, the returning crowds came in an endless stream, some carrying prey, some carrying herbs, some carrying food…

Even because there was nowhere to hide, they were bumped into by two people returning from behind. The five people hiding behind the dirt pile startled the two of them.

After observing for a night, and seeing the endless stream of people busy with their livelihoods the next day, the five people walked into the gathering area.

"Yo, young'uns, good luck, a first-order Purple-Gold Sable… hiss, a Six-Whiskered Purple-Gold Sable, at least a middle-grade bloodline, what a pity, if it were alive, it could sell for at least ten spirit stones in the Immortal Market."

The gathering place had no city wall protection, nor were there any guards. Li Ji'an and his five swaggered in. The people they met didn't pay too much attention to them, only a few people commented on the Purple-Gold Sable they were carrying on their shoulders.

"The Yan family of Lingzhu Mountain is recruiting reclamation laborers to follow the clan's main force into the Fallen Dragon Ridge wilderness. The main reason is that the area is too large and there is a lack of manpower. They will never be used as cannon fodder. Successful reclamation can enter the Yan family and be granted the clan's cultivation dojo, clan's cultivation methods, and a daily salary of twenty taels of spirit sand… Requirements: strong and healthy, body cultivators preferred, first-order mid-stage body cultivators can discuss in person…"

"The Wu family of Clear Water River is recruiting sons-in-law, requiring that the spiritual rhyme perception of any one spiritual root is at least higher than five strands, and the age is below fifty. If you have already stepped into Qi training, it can be relaxed to eighty. Those with superior conditions above the early stage of Qi training can discuss in person. If you give birth to a middle-grade spiritual root descendant…"

"The United Market is recruiting immortal seedlings for a long time with unlimited places, requiring above middle-grade spiritual roots, age not exceeding eighteen, orphans preferred."

"The ninth phase of the Pill Pavilion under the Biyun Sect in the workshop is recruiting drug testers. It requires mortals who have not stepped into the Qi training stage. Places are limited, first come first served, and will not be waited for. Please seize this God-given opportunity…"

…

Walking along the road for half an hour, a huge square came into view.

The square was crowded with people and noisy.

On the high platform in the middle, someone was shouting some recruitment information.

"…" Li Ji'an's scalp went numb.

This is completely different from the novels he had read.

From the first sight of the mortal gathering area last night, he felt surprised. Today, after coming in and seeing the leisurely appearance of those mortals without blood energy or mana, until now…

He suddenly understood!

Those standardized houses, those bountiful grains, those leisurely mortals…

In a world where immortals exist, a world with so many magical immortal techniques, how could it be the same as an ancient feudal dynasty?

Building houses, just ask an immortal master to cast some earth-based spells, it's just a matter of expending some mana, and it also hones the spells.

Planting food, cultivators who can grow spiritual plants well, isn't it easy to grow food for ordinary people to fill their stomachs?

With the existence of spells like Spirit Rain Technique, there will definitely be no drought or water shortage.

And the huge number of mortals can also provide value to the cultivators.

Exchange of value, symbiosis between immortals and mortals… Good!

Seeing several book friends commenting and voting from the beginning, and still following the reading until now, I am so happy. This is better than any data or high rankings, and it excites me. Your recognition of the world I am immersed in makes everything worthwhile.